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Meanings of persimmon in English
Edible fruit of a number of species of trees of the genus Diospyros in the ebony wood family.
Portuguese
caquizeiro Catalan
caqui Usage of persimmon in English
1
It's delicious with the ripe figs, peaches and persimmon of the area.
2
Grandma kept a barrel to make locust and persimmon beer in.
3
Astragalin is an anti-inflammatory flavonoid present in persimmon leaves and green tea seeds.
4
The persimmon is as hard as stone when it is unripe.
5
Beyond her was a large double bed with a persimmon-colored spread.
6
No persimmon tree was ever stripped without the repetition of their old joke.
7
I remember that we once exchanged a rice-dumpling for a persimmon-seed.
8
What journal do the persimmon and the buckeye keep, and the sharp-shinned hawk?
9
Immediately, she set up a cry, and spit out the persimmon.
10
Then I must look at his Japanese persimmon trees, and many other things.
11
Buttons were obtained from persimmon seeds with holes pierced for eyes.
12
The smoke o' it ud choke a skunk out o' a persimmon log.
13
Some of our dishes was possum stew, vegetables, persimmon pie and tato bread.
14
D. kaki is the Chinese or Japanese persimmon; D. virginiana is the American persimmon.
15
The transformation is almost as great as in a persimmon.
16
The walnut yields its bushels, the persimmon breaks with fruit.
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Translations for persimmon
Portuguese
Persimmon through the time
Persimmon across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common